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Catawissa, Pennsylvania

Borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Catawissa

Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Williamsport (PA), 35 miles off.

11Good
  • Ozone11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Catawissa

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Catawissa, the next 46 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.6 miles Fri 4 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

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On the radar over Catawissa, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Catawissa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ShamokinN79

At an airfield/9.3 mi away/860 ft/336 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank898of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Bloomsburg 1.8 EPA-CLM-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/480 ft/44 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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NataliePOPP1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/915 ft/391 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Shamokin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Catawissa, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Shamokin, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N79FIG. A THE SKY OVER SHAMOKINSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEShamokin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-N79-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.8 F with a dew point of 62.2 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Shamokin: temperature 62.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.2, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N79FIG. B THE AIR AT SHAMOKINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.8 F, 62.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEShamokin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-N79-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Shamokin, north up: at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N79FIG. C THE WIND AT SHAMOKINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEShamokin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-N79-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Shamokin, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Catawissa

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Catawissa

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